Israel political situation

Haredi parties may push elections as Netanyahu loses leverage - analysis

The political alliance that was once considered Netanyahu’s most stable anchor, his exclusive political asset, can no longer be taken for granted.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem April 21, 2026.
Mossad Director Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman attends a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle of the 7th Armored Brigade at the National Library in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025.

Roman Gofman's appointment as next Mossad chief cannot stand, A-G tells High Court

Baharav-Miara argued that the Advisory Committee for Senior Appointments relied on an incomplete picture when it accepted Gofman’s explanation of his past conduct.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends the 78th Independence Day anniversary ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, last week.

Should Israel's prime ministers disclose their health status? - opinion

Prostate cancer – that’s what Netanyahu was treated for. Does the public have a right to know what its leadership is suffering from health-wise?

|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett seen with Gadi Eisenkot during a march in support of the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the IDF, from the entrance of Jerusalem to the Knesset, January 15, 2026

Eisenkot rejects Bennett’s offer to unite parties, says he won’t serve as ‘number two’

“I believe in myself, I know the kind of leadership I bring, and I see myself as a very strong candidate,” Former IDF chief of staff and leader of the Yashar! Party Gadi Eisenkot told N12.

|ByKESHET NEEV

Bennett, Yossi Cohen vying to head Israel's right-wing after Netanyahu - poll

A joint Labor-Meretz party would win seven seats, according to the poll

MARCH 7, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett informs the country that he will not seek reelection, at a 2022 press conference at the Knesset.

Protesters complain of police brutality at demonstration demanding election

Videos from bystanders and Israeli media showed police forces whipping protesters as well as other forms of force.

FEBRUARY 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
  Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the current Israeli government, in Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2024

Shin Bet exposes Iranian cyber espionage targeting Israeli hostage families

Shin Bet exposes several online platforms allegedly operated by Iranian security agents.

JANUARY 15, 2024ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza hold up photographs of their abducted family members, outside the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv, October 26, 2023.

Israel's Labor largely unaffected after Michaeli's resignation, election poll shows

While the votes for Labor almost doubled since last week, they would still not get enough to cross the threshold.

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2023.

Jarring voices of internal division rise again - analysis

The October 7 massacre made Israel's internal divisions seem ridiculously trivial by comparison.

DECEMBER 4, 2023ByHERB KEINON
Israelis protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 4, 2023.

Israel's political identity crisis: Right divided, left reevaluating

Israel’s right is moving away from Netanyahu as the left is reevaluating its worldview.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023ByNIR KIPNISS
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz during a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023.

Judicial Selection Committee to convene for first time this year

According to his agenda, the justice minister intended for the committee to discuss sub-committees within it and determine rules for the committee's procedure.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin during a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023.

Lapid calls for new Likud-led gov't without Netanyahu, extremists

Lapid explained that he didn't think Netanyahu could remain prime minister because the public had lost faith in him socially and for security.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 26, 2023.

Israel and the US are both divided nations - opinion

There are unsettling parallels between what is happening in Washington and Jerusalem.

OCTOBER 5, 2023ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
OUSTED US House speaker Kevin McCarthy walks back to his office after a motion to end his leadership passed on Tuesday.

Gov't: High Court is destroying Israeli democracy with incapacitation hearing

Religious Zionist Party MK Simcha Rothman joined Karhi in saying that the government won't accept a ruling to strike down the law.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut is flanked by other justices at the High Court hearing on the reasonableness standard law, last week.